Sports-tracker-liberator/endomondo.py at master · isoteemu/sports-tracker-liberator. Review: Jawbone Up (2012) Photo by Ariel Zambelich/Wired It was the third time I lost the cap that I really got pissed off.
Because this time, I had no idea how, or where, it had come loose. I strode around my apartment, cursing it, mentally calculating how many of these caps I’d have to buy in the space of a year, given that I’d misplaced the same tiny nub of metal and plastic three times in the last two weeks. I wondered at the decision-making process that led to the removable end cap, because it encapsulates (sorry) everything I don’t like about Jawbone’s otherwise wonderful, recently revived, back-from-the-dead Up activity-tracking bracelet. Let me back up. The Yves Behar-designed wristband houses an accelerometer to figure out when you are active and moving, sedentary, or sleeping.
The bracelet itself is both good-looking and comfortable. The experience really starts with the app. This last thing, the idle alert, is really great, and one of my favorite features of the bracelet. Jawbone Up review (2012): a reboot and a shot at redemption. Second chances are rare in the tech world.
Unless you're one of the big boys -- say a Samsung or an Apple -- one spectacular failure is enough to doom a product line or even an entire company. Just ask Gizmondo, 3D Realms, Helio, Palm, Netscape, DivX, Sega... the list goes on and on. All it takes is one mistake and a hyped device or marquee company can end up as little more than a nostalgic Wikipedia entry. After last year's debacle with the Up, we thought Jawbone might give up on the fitness market entirely. In case you missed the drama last holiday season, here's a quick recap: within weeks of launching, the Yves Behar-designed motion-tracking bracelet simply stopped working for many customers. We have to hand it to the company for quickly taking ownership of the problem and cutting checks to the unfortunate souls who ponied up $100 to buy one. Jawbone UP API Discovery. On Saturday I stopped by the Apple store and picked up an UP device by Jawbone.
The UP is a wristband and iPhone app that will track your fitness and sleep activity and help encourage you to live a more active life style. It’s very similar to the Fitbit device, and lets you track: stepsdistancecalories burnedactive/inactive timesworkoutssleep (awake/light/deep sleep) So far I’m really impressed with both the wristband and iPhone app. However, I was a little disappointed the wristband didn’t support ANT or Bluetooth for data synchronization. As with most of my Quantified Self gadets (Fitbit, Zeo, Withings, Neurosky, etc.) my first reaction was to “free my data”.
In the spirit of filling in the data gaps until that day comes and an official announcement is made I decided to do a bit of exploration yesterday morning. Blogue sur les technologies – iPaquet.com. Fitbit One, votre coach sportif… L’une de mes résolutions pour 2012 était de me remettre au sport.
Une résolution réellement mise en application tardivement (à partir de septembre), plus par obligation qu’autre chose, à cause d’un mal de dos récurrent :/ Mais ca y est, depuis septembre je m’y suis mis, et suis vraiment motivé ! Et en geek que je suis, il a fallu que je m’accompagne d’un gadget high tech pour suivre mes performances :p Les traqueurs sportifs sont de plus en plus à la mode dernièrement, cela va des podomètres avancés aux vrais coachs sportifs. Après lecture de différents tests, je me suis laissé tenter par le dernier né de chez Fitbit, le Fitbit One, sorti en octobre dernier. Ce choix s’est confirmé lorsque j’ai appris qu’il s’était vu remettre une récompense en novembre pour le CES 2013… L’utilisant quotidiennement depuis plus d’un mois maintenant, je vais donc vous le présenter, même s’il ne fait pas tout à fait partie de la domotique… quoique ;-) Le contenu est très complet: 3.1 L’activité 3.3 Le sommeil.
FitBit + Google Spreadsheets = Awesome. This post and instructions are no longer up to date.
For a current how-to please visit the updated post. On February 11th FitBit released their API into the wild and let developers get to work. Since then there have been some very neat integrations. One of the best uses of the API it the open source script that enables users to download their data into google spreadsheets. Developed by John McLaughlin, this script gives everyone the ability to get their historical data from FitBit and play with visualizations and analytics. Daily Step Count: If you already have a FitBit you might be wondering how to actually implement John’s script to grab your own data and start making fun charts and graphs.
Self Knowledge Through Numbers. Jawbone - des appareils mobiles qui s’adaptent à ton mode de vie.